Compare MBA Colleges Side by Side — Fees, Placements, Cutoffs | Collvera

First collegeSecond collegeThird college (optional)

★ Collvera highlights · what we noticed

1IIM I pays back fees in 8.5 months — 1.1× faster than IIM K (9.6 mo).
2IIM Ranchi publishes audit-certified placement reports. IIM I, IIM K do not — numbers may be self-reported.
3IIM I avg package (₹29.57L) is 54% higher than IIM Ranchi (₹19.26L). The brand gap is real.

Field	🏛️ IIM I	🌴 IIM K	🟩 IIM Ranchi
Location	Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh - 453556	IIM Kozhikode Campus P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala - 673570	Prabandhan Nagar, Nayasarai Road, Ranchi, Jharkhand — 834017
Founded	1996	1996	2010
NIRF Rank	#7	#3	not disclosed
Placements
Average CTC	₹29.57 L	₹28.18 L	₹19.26 L
Median CTC	₹27.00 L	₹27.50 L	₹18.00 L
Highest CTC	₹70.00 L	₹81.00 L	₹52.50 L
Placement Rate	100%	100%	not disclosed
Batch Size	591	561	not disclosed
Audit-certified?	not disclosed	not disclosed	✓ M/S B.C. Dutta & Co. Chartered Accountants
Auditor UDIN	not disclosed	not disclosed	26409375XCPHNB8035
Fees
Total 2-year fee	₹21.00 L	₹22.50 L	not disclosed
Collvera verdict
Apply if	You're targeting consulting, product management, or sales/marketing roles in India and want a Triple Crown campus at a fair ₹21 L fee. CAT 94+ percentile (with 80+ sectional) makes you competitive. Strong fit for non-engineers, females, and work-experienced candidates who get diversity boosts. Apply also if you're finishing Class 12 and want the unique 5-year IPM path.	You're targeting consulting or finance in India and value a beautiful, peaceful hilltop campus over a metro setting. CAT 94+ percentile (with 80+ sectional) makes you competitive. Strong fit for female applicants (41% batch ratio), non-engineers, work-experienced candidates with CA/CFA/FRM, or anyone interested in the unique PGP-LSM programme blending humanities with management.	You have CAT 95+ percentile with sectional 75+ each (especially strong QA — 35% weight), and want one of the better-placing baby IIMs with international accreditation (AMBA + QS 201+ + Eduniversal 4 Palmes). Particularly strong fit for Strategy & Consulting aspirants (avg ₹22.91 L), Finance aspirants (avg ₹23.40 L, median ₹24.50 L), MBA-BA aspirants (highest program avg ₹21.07 L for those with Math/Stats/CS UG), female candidates leveraging +5 bonus, and HR aspirants for MBA-HRM (41% PPO rate).
Skip if	Your CAT is below 90 percentile overall or below 80 in any section. Bulge-bracket IB-only aspirants will find deeper pipelines at IIM A/B/C. If you want a Tier-1 metro city campus or stronger international brand for global mobility, look at IIM A/B/C, ISB, or XLRI. If you can't commit 2 years residential, consider 1-year MBAs: ISB PGP, IIM C MBAEx, or IIM A PGPX.	Your CAT is below 90 percentile overall. If you specifically want metro-city access (Mumbai/Delhi/Bangalore) or larger Operations/SCM placements, look at IIM Mumbai or IIM Lucknow. If bulge-bracket IB at scale is your goal, IIM Calcutta has deeper pipelines. If you can't commit to hilltop residential life with Kerala monsoons, this isn't the right fit.	You are competitive for IIM Indore / Kozhikode / Shillong / Trichy (CAT 98+ percentile, strong academics) — those schools have higher headline outcomes. Also skip if you cannot verify the 2026-28 fee before committing (transparency risk), or if Jharkhand location is non-negotiable. MBA-BA aspirants without Math/Stats/CS UG cannot apply to that track.